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Peter de Thornton 1290 – 1358 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1290

Birth Location: Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1358

Death Location: Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England

Father: Randolph Thornton

Mother: Katherine Pierre

Spouse(s): Lucia Hellesby, Philippa None

Children(s): Elizabeth Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Joan Thornton, Mary Thornton, Ellen Thornton, Peter Thornton, Matilda Thornton, Emma Thornton, Katherine Thornton, Beatrice Thornton, Mary Thornton, Margaret Thornton

Peter de Thornton was born in 1290 in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England, the child of Randolph Peter de Thornton and Katherine De St. Pierre. Peter de Thornton married Lucia De Hellesby, Philippa, and had children including Elizabeth De Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Joan De Thornton, Mary Thornton, Ellen de Thornton, Peter Thornton, Matilda Thornton, Emma de Thornton, Katherine Thornton, Beatrice de Thornton, Mary Thornton, Margaret Maud De Thornton. Peter de Thornton passed away in 1358 in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Peter de Thornton was born in 1290 in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England, the child of Randolph Peter de Thornton and Katherine De St. Pierre.
  • Peter de Thornton married Lucia De Hellesby, Philippa, and had children including Elizabeth De Thornton, Margaret Thornton, Joan De Thornton, Mary Thornton, Ellen de Thornton, Peter Thornton, Matilda Thornton, Emma de Thornton, Katherine Thornton, Beatrice de Thornton, Mary Thornton, Margaret Maud De Thornton.
  • Peter de Thornton passed away in 1358 in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Randolph Thornton
1264 – 1296
Birth Location: Thornton le Moors, Cheshire, England
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Katherine Pierre
1266 – 1290
Birth Location: Malpas, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lucia Hellesby
1286 – 1335
Birth Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, England
LH
Philippa None
1292 – 1389
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Thornton
1310 – 1364
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
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Margaret Thornton
1313 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
MT
Joan Thornton
1315 – 1370
Birth Location: England
JT
Mary Thornton
1315 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
MT
Ellen Thornton
1316 – 1389
Birth Location: Thornton le Moors, Cheshire, England
ET
Peter Thornton
1317 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
PT
Matilda Thornton
1318 –
Birth Location: –
MT
Emma Thornton
1320 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
ET
Katherine Thornton
1322 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
KT
Beatrice Thornton
1323 – 1404
Birth Location: Pershore, Worcestershire, England
BT
Mary Thornton
1324 –
Birth Location: Thornton, Cheshire, England
MT
Margaret Thornton
1335 – 1365
Birth Location: Beeston, Cheshire, England
MT

Peter Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Peter Thornton
1290 – 1358
Birth Place: Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England
Parents
Randolph Peter de Thornton
1264 – 1296
Thornton le Moors, Cheshire, England
Katherine (De St.) Pierre
1266 – 1290
Malpas, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Piers (le Roter Lord of) Thornton
1230 – 1280
Cheshire, England
Matilda (Le) Clere
1245 – 1264
Thornton, Cheshire, England
Urian (St.) Pierre
1232 – 1293
Shocklach, , Cheshire, England
Idonea Malpas
1238 – 1290
Whitchurch, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Randolph Thornton
1194 – 1244
Avice Kingsley
1210 – 1279
Richard Clere
1224 –
Amicia Miullent
John Peter
1211 – 1290
Alice
1216 – 1293
David Malpas
1189 – 1260
Constance Gwenwynwyn
1216 – 1230
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Randle Thornton
1162 – 1244
Amicia Kingsley
1162 – 1244
Joan Stourton
William Clere
1190 –
Jennie
1202 – 1265
William Pierre
1181 –
William Malpas
1175 – 1243
Beatrix Monhout
1175 – 1227
Owen Keveliok
Keveliok

Peter Thornton's Descendants

1.
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Peter (de) Thornton (Abt 1290 – 1358) m. Lucia (De) Hellesby (1286 – 1335) m. Philippa (Abt 1292 – 1389)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (De) Thornton (Abt 1310 – 1364) m. Hamon Fitton (1330 – 1374)
  2. 2. Margaret Thornton (Abt 1313 – ) m. Henry Done (Abt 1310 – 1370)
  3. 3. Joan (De) Thornton (1315 – 1370) m. John Thwaites (1310 – 1360)
  4. 4. Mary Thornton (1315 – ) m. Henry Done (1282 – )
  5. 5. Ellen (de) Thornton (1316 – 1389) m. Thomas (de) Dutton (25 May 1314 – 4 May 1381) m. Thomas Dutton (Aft 1291 – Aft 1345) m. Richard Hogh (1329 – 1350)
    1. 1. Joanna Dutton (1335 – 1390) m. John Haydock (1322 – 12 Dec 1387)
    2. 2. Peter Dutton (Abt 1335 – 22 Apr 1362)
    3. 3. Thomas Dutton (1337 – 1362)
    4. 4. Lawrence Dutton (1339 – 29 Jan 1392) m. Margaret (Abt 1344 – ) m. Alice Basset (1338 – 19 May 1390)
    5. 5. Edmund (De) Dutton (1342 – Aft 1381) m. Johane Mindshall (1345 – 11 Feb 1387) m. Jenett Minshull (Abt 1340 – )
      1. 1. Peter Dutton (1367 – 17 Oct 1433) m. Elizabeth (de) Boetler (1374 – 19 Jun 1425)
        1. 1. John Dutton (1389 – 11 Mar 1445) m. Margaret Savage (1403 – 10 Mar 1450)
        2. 2. Parnel Petronill (Abt 1390 – )
        3. 3. Elizabeth Dutton (1392 – 1435)
        4. 4. Allisonia Dutton (1393 – 1452) m. Robert Doane (1392 – 1460)
        5. 5. Ellen Dutton (Abt 1394 – )
        6. 6. Cecily Dutton (1395 – 1435) m. Hugh Venables (1382 – 1416)
        7. 7. Parnel Dutton (1395 – 1435)
        8. 8. Ellen (de) Dutton (1395 – 1452) m. Griffith Hanmere
        9. 9. Thomas Dutton (1396 – 1431)
        10. 10. Hugh Dutton (Abt 1399 – )
        11. 11. Beatrix Dutton (Abt 1401 – ) m. Geoffrey (Egerton) Warburton (1390 – 1448)
        12. 12. William Dutton (1405 – 1480)
        13. 13. Richard (de) Dutton (Abt 1405 – Abt 1480) m. Richard Dutton m. Richard Dutton m. Richard Dutton
        14. 14. Sybilla Dutton (1413 – 1484) m. Thomas Dedwode m. Geoffrey Starky (1420 – Bet 1471 and 1495) m. Lord (Ranulf) Starkey (1337 – 1410)
      2. 2. Hugh Dutton (1369 – 1440) m. Parnall (Petronill De) Vernon (1383 – 1431) m. Emma Venables (Bet 1369 and 1432 – )
      3. 3. Lawrence Dutton (1371 – 1428) m. Margaret (Abt 1344 – )
      4. 4. Thomas Dutton (1373 – 23 Sep 1459) m. Mrs-Thomas DUTTON m. Mrs-Thomas Dutton
      5. 5. Agnes Dutton (1375 – 1428) m. William Leycester (1370 – 1428)
        1. 1. John Leycester (1395 – 1461)
        2. 2. Geoffrey Massey (Abt 1399 – 1462)
        3. 3. John (Joye) Leycester (1400 – 1462)
        4. 4. Thomas (Maisterson) Leycester (1401 – 1435)
        5. 5. Joan Leycester (1405 – )
        6. 6. Maude Leycester (1415 – 1472) m. Thomas Daniel (1415 – 1475)
      6. 6. Ellen Dutton (1377 – 31 Mar 1431)
      7. 7. Edmund Dutton (1379 – ) m. Parnall (Petronill De) Vernon (1383 – 1431)
      8. 8. Joan Dutton (1381 – 22 Mar 1440) m. William Horton (1370 – Apr 1413)
        1. 1. Margaret (de) Horton (Abt 1395 – 1450) m. Piers Massey (Abt 1387 – 1427)
        2. 2. Eleanor Horton (1400 – Abt 1450) m. Sir (Hamnet de Mascy) Massey (1400 – 1427)
        3. 3. Richard (Horton) III (1410 – Abt 1450) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Robertson (1411 – 1478)
    6. 6. Edmund Dutton (Apr 1342 – 1387) m. Johane Mindshall (1345 – 11 Feb 1387)
    7. 7. Henry Dutton (Bet 9 Jan 1343 and 8 Jan 1345 – 1386)
    8. 8. Hugh Dutton (Abt 1345 – 1367)
    9. 9. William (de) Dutton (1346 – 14 Sep 1396) m. Katherine (or Margaret) Leftwich (1350 – )
  6. 6. Peter Thornton (1317 – )
  7. 7. Matilda Thornton (1318 – ) m. Henry ((of Utkinton) DONNE) (DONE)
  8. 8. Emma (de) Thornton (Abt 1320 – ) m. Mathew (de) Weverham (Abt 1316 – )
  9. 9. Katherine Thornton (Abt 1322 – )
  10. 10. Beatrice (de) Thornton (Abt 1323 – 1404) m. Alexander Besford (1319 – 1403) m. William Vampage (1285 – )
    1. 1. Alexander (de) Besford (Abt 1343 – Abt 1361) m. Margaret Huddington (Abt 1345 – )
    2. 2. Joan (de) Besford (Abt 1347 – ) m. William Clopton (Abt 1375 – 7 Sep 1419)
      1. 1. Thomas Clopton (Abt 1403 – )
      2. 2. Agnes Clopton (Abt 1405 – 1435) m. Roger Harewell (Abt 1401 – Aft 1436)
        1. 1. William Harewell (1435 – 1500) m. Agnes Wogan (Abt 1442 – ) m. Anne Greene
      3. 3. Jane (Johanna) Clopton (1415 – ) m. John Burgh (12 Jun 1414 – 1 Jun 1471)
    3. 3. Agnes Besford (1350 – 1428) m. Thomas Throckmorton (1355 – 1412)
      1. 1. John Throckmorton (1382 – Abt 12 Apr 1445) m. Eleanor (de la) Spine (1385 – 1467) m. Eleanor (DE LA) SPINE (Abt 1385 – 1466) m. Eleanore (De) Coughton (1385 – 12 Apr 1466)
        1. 1. Agnes Throckmorton (Abt 1398 – )
        2. 2. Agnes Throckmorton (1411 – 1463) m. John Wyncelow (Abt 1416 – 31 Mar 1463) m. John Rowse (1405 – 1481)
        3. 3. Maud Throckmorton (1412 – 1496) m. Richard Middleton (1420 – 1487)
        4. 4. Thomas Throckmorton (1412 – 13 Jul 1475) m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Bridges (1406 – 1469) m. Margaret Olney (Abt 1426 – 1505)
        5. 5. John Throckmorton (Abt 1412 – 3 Aug 1473) m. Isabella Brydges (13 Aug 1423 – 1469)
        6. 6. Mary Throckmorton (Abt 1420 – Deceased) m. Robert Gifford (1416 – ) m. Thomas Rowse (1416 – )
        7. 7. Margaret Throckmorton (1421 – 13 Jul 1472) m. John Rowse (1417 – Abt 1481)
        8. 8. Eleanor Throckmorton (1424 – 10 Oct 1502) m. Richard Knightly (1427 – 19 Jun 1476)
        9. 9. Matilda Throckmorton (1425 – 6 Nov 1496) m. Thomas (Greene) VI (1421 – 9 Sep 1462)
        10. 10. Elizabeth Throckmorton (1427 – 1484) m. Robert Russell (1422 – 23 Jun 1502) m. Robert Russell (Abt 1410 – Abt 1455)
      2. 2. Lucy (De) Throgmorton (Abt 1386 – 1480) m. Hugh Prickley (1382 – )
      3. 3. Eleanor Throckmorton (1387 – 1465) m. Thomas Dyneley (Abt 1380 – ) m. HENRY (II) Frowick (1297 – 1378)
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Frowyk (1423 – 27 Sep 1485)
    4. 4. Margaret (de) Besford (Abt 1360 – ) m. John Dickleston (Abt 1357 – 1422) m. Thomas Dickelson (Abt 1343 – )
  11. 11. Mary Thornton (Abt 1324 – )
  12. 12. Margaret (Maud De) Thornton (1335 – 1365) m. Henry (de) Beeston (1327 – 14 Feb 1395)
    1. 1. David Beeston (Abt 1352 – )
    2. 2. William (de) Beeston (1360 – 1401) m. Isabella (de) Stoke (1341 – Abt 1401) m. MRS (WILLIAM DE) BEESTON
      1. 1. John (De) Beeston (1370 – 1420) m. Margaret (De) Hulgreve (1371 – 1420)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (De) Beeston (1397 – 17 Oct 1455) m. Sir (Knight Roger) Aston (1370 – 1447) m. Robert (De) Aston (1389 – 1417) m. John Carrington (1420 – )
        2. 2. Isabel (de) Beeston
    3. 3. Thomas Beeston (1365 – 1404) m. Margaret (T) Jesson (Abt 1355 – Abt 1409) m. MARGARET (MRS Thomas) BEESTON

Peter Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1290
Abt 1290
Birth of Peter de Thornton in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England
Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England
1358
1358
Age 68
Death of Peter de Thornton in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England
Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1290
    Event Place: Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1358
    Event Place: Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England
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